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November 2013 #207

In “Fixed-width Panel Raiser,” the cover story for the November 2013 issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, Willard (Bill) Anderson builds a specialized handplane to raise panels. It’s a study in accurate layout with an understanding of angles, and the results are a shop-made plane that works great and stands the test of time. In “Woodworking Excellence,” get inspired by the winners in our inaugural woodworking competition.

Christopher Schwarz, in “6-board Chest,” builds an historic form that defies cross-grain construction, and he explains how to use your boards to dictate the chest size – plus you’ll learn what nails to use for what wood. Get to know finish expert Brian Miller, whose focus on Greene & Greene restoration has opened many doors in “A Finishing Passion,” by Marci Crestani. Senior Editor Charles “Chuck” Bender shares his “Five Favorite Jigs” to make work in the shop easier and far more accurate. Learn more about Peter Follansbee and how he connected with the Plimoth Plantation in “A 17th-century Joiner’s Life,” by Christopher Schwarz.

In this month’s Tool Test, we review a solidly built, smooth operating router lift setup in “Excalibur Deluxe Router Table Kit,” as well as the “Veritas Shooting Plane” and the “Eco-series Spray System by ASI-HVLP.”

In this month’s Design Matters, learn how storage items help with design in “Portable Drafting Table,” from George R. Walker. Robert W. Lang shares his techniques for perfect square holes from a “Hollow-chisel Mortiser” in Woodworking Essentials. Bob Flexner eases the task of sanding when he debunks “Fine Sanding Myths,” in Flexner on Finishing. Finally, in End Grain, Brian Boggs explains that one of the best sources to learn woodworking is on your workbench in “Myth of the Self-taught Craftsman.”

Build a plane that cuts smooth and crisp raised panels with, against or across the grain – the magic is in the spring and skew.
by Willard Anderson
pages 24-31
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Panel-raising planes are used to shape the raised panels in doors, paneling and lids. The profile has a fillet that defines the field...

Find inspiration in this award-winning work of your fellow readers.
by Megan Fitzpatrick
pages 32-38
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As a mechanism to show off the amazing work done by you, our readers, this year we held our inaugural “PWM Excellence Awards.” Via social media, we invited submissions in five categories: Boxes & Smalls, Seating, Tables, Cabinets...

Use two planks, two days and two piles of nails to make this age-old form.
by Christopher Schwarz
pages 39-43
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Six-board chests have been an enduring form of furniture in Western cultures for hundreds of years. And while they differ in their details during different ages, the basic form and the way it...

Brian Miller is the ‘Go To’ guy for Greene & Greene finishes.
by Marci Crestani
pages 44-47
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Even non-woodworkers instinctively recognize that a handsome creation can be cheapened by inadequate finishing skills. So it was understandable that the new owners of Charles and Henry Greene’s famed Blacker House – Harvey and Ellen Knell...

These five simple shop aids help you work more effectively & efficiently.
by Chuck Bender
pages 48-51
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Every woodworker eventually runs into problems that just cannot be easily solved using hand tools or power tools with the stock accessories. That’s when jigs and fixtures such as shooting boards and table saw sleds bridge...

Peter Follansbee has devoted his career to furniture from early American.
by Christopher Schwarz
pages 52-55
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Peter Follansbee, the joiner at Plimoth Plantation, gets peppered with questions from museum visitors all day long as he builds 17th-century boxes, stools, chests and chairs at the re-created colony of the early English settlement in Plymouth,...

Four corner-positioned lift screws raise this design above the competition.
by Glen D. Huey
page 14
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The Excalibur Deluxe Router Table Kit (#40-200) from General International is a complete shop setup that was introduced in late 2012. In adding the kit to our shop, we were reminded of its outstanding features.
Video: See how...

by Charles Bender
page 16
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Just as with all the planes Veritas produces, its shooting plane is sleek, well thought-out and ready to tackle the toughest jobs.
With a weight of 7.7 pounds, the Veritas shooting plane gathers momentum quickly and slices through the end grain of even the most rock-hard exotics. But...

by Glen D. Huey
page 16
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The name ASI-HVLP may be new to you, but when you discover that the company behind this new brand is, in fact, Apollo Sprayers (which is credited with bringing HVLP to the amateur woodworker market) all questions are answered.
The Eco series – designed specifically for small...

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